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May 9, 2023
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“I just blocked someone for correcting my grammar and it feelded good”

"I just blocked someone (on my page) for correcting my grammar and it feeled/feelded/feeleded/felt good" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "I just blocked…

May 9, 2023
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“I just blocked someone for correcting my grammar and it felt good”

"I just blocked someone (on my page) for correcting my grammar and it feeled/feelded/feeleded/felt good" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "I just blocked…

May 9, 2023
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“I just blocked someone on my page for correcting my grammar and it feeled good”

"I just blocked someone (on my page) for correcting my grammar and it feeled/feelded/feeleded/felt good" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "I just blocked…

May 9, 2023
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“I just blocked someone on my page for correcting my grammar and it feeleded good”

"I just blocked someone (on my page) for correcting my grammar and it feeled/feelded/feeleded/felt good" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "I just blocked…

July 25, 2023
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“I just laugh stuff off cause prison don’t cook the food I like”

"I just laugh stuff off🤣 cause prison don’t cook the food I like" is a saying that has been printed on many images. That is, if the speaker were to real true thoughts on social…

November 18, 2025
Buildings/Housing/ParksMedia/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“I just read that burglars use Facebook to find out when people aren’t home. I’m glad i’m at home, with my pet grizzly…”

Burglars can use social media to find if a family is not at home. The family might reveal on social media that they're on vacation, for example. However, the house might have security systems…

November 19, 2025
Buildings/Housing/ParksMedia/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“I just read that burglars use social media to find out when people aren’t home…  I’m glad I’m at home, with my hungry pet grizzly bear”

Burglars can use social media to find if a family is not at home. The family might reveal on social media that they're on vacation, for example. However, the house might have security systems…

October 25, 2024
Food/DrinkMedia/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“I just received a ‘Save the Date’ message. I didn’t even know they were an endangered fruit?”

"'Save the date!' It turns out that this admonition is not, as might reasonably be supposed, a charity solicitation on behalf of an endangered fruit" was printed in the Chicago…

November 6, 2020
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“I just saved a ton of money on Christmas presents by discussing politics on Facebook”

“Never talk about religion or politics” is a popular etiquette rule for family gatherings, such as Thanksgiving or Christmas. “Be sure to bring up politics at Thanksgiving this year to save…

March 6, 2019
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“I just switched my phone to airplane mode and a small child appeared and started kicking me”

"Airplane mode” for a phone or a computer (or similar electronic device) suspends radio-frequency signal transmission by the device, and was originally intended for safe air travel.…

June 9, 2019
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“I keep hitting the space bar, but I’m still on Earth”

"I keep hitting/pressing the space bar, but I'm still on earth" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "i got a text last night that said 'madison. there…

June 9, 2019
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“I keep pressing the space bar, but I’m still on Earth”

"I keep hitting/pressing the space bar, but I'm still on earth" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "i got a text last night that said 'madison. there…

October 31, 2024
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“I keep seeing printers, scanners and webcams out of the corner of my eye. It’s my peripheral vision”

Peripheral vision has nothing to do with computer peripheral devices, but there are jokes. "Out of the corner of my eye, I can see a webcam and printer. It's my peripheral vision.…

March 9, 2020
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“I know Facebook has never caused the lame to walk, but it sure has caused the dumb to speak”

"The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel" is from Matthew 15:31.There are…

September 19, 2017
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“I know HTML (How To Meet Ladies)”

"HTML" usually stands for "Hypertext Markup Language," the standard markup language for creating web pages. A backronym (back acronym) joke has been printed on many images:…

July 16, 2024
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“I know my mom be reading some of my posts like, ‘I tried my best’”

"I bet my mom looks at my posts and thinks, 'I did all that I could'" is a social media saying that has been printed on many images.. "I know my mom looking at my posts…

August 8, 2022
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“I like my bibliographies the way I like my hot dogs: Chicago style”

The Chicago Manual of Style and a Chicago-style pizza (or a Chicago-style hot dog) are two very different things, but there are jokes. "Chicago style - how I like my pizza...and my…

August 8, 2022
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“I like my citations like I like my hot dogs: Chicago style”

The Chicago Manual of Style and a Chicago-style pizza (or a Chicago-style hot dog) are two very different things, but there are jokes. "Chicago style - how I like my pizza...and my…

August 8, 2022
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“I like my citations like I like my pizza: Chicago style”

The Chicago Manual of Style and a Chicago-style pizza (or a Chicago-style hot dog) are two very different things, but there are jokes. "Chicago style - how I like my pizza...and my…

January 23, 2022
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“I like my men like I like my passwords. Same one for the past 20 years”

"I like my women like I like my coffee" is a meme that has been used on many images. "A Negro comedian pulled this one: 'I like my coffee strong and black -- the same way I like…

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